Patient-Centered Imaging

Patient-centered imaging.

Patient-Centered Imaging Shared Decision Making for Cardiac Imaging Procedures With Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Andrew J. Einstein, MD, PHD,* Daniel S. Berman, MD,y James K. Min, MD,z Robert C. Hendel, MD,x Thomas C. Gerber, MD, PHD,k J. Jeffrey Carr, MD,{ Manuel D. Cerqueira, MD,# S. James Cullom, PHD,** Robert DeKemp, PHD,yy Neal W. Dickert, PHD, MD,zz Sharmila Dorbala, MD,xx Reza Fazel, M...

ASNC PREFERRED PRACTICE STATEMENT Patient-centered imaging

The continued success of nuclear cardiology demands ongoing re-evaluation of imaging practices to optimize patient care. The first element of this process is to accurately define candidates for imaging. Appropriate use criteria documents provide such guidelines. A second equally important element is choosing the proper imaging procedure for the individual patient. Tailoring imaging to the patie...

Towards Patient-Centered Conflicts of Interest Policy

Financial conflicts of interest exist between industry and physicians, and these relationships have the power to influence physicians’ medical practice. Transparency about conflicts matters for ensuring adequate informed consent, controlling healthcare expenditure, and encouraging physicians’ reflection on professionalism. The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Open ...

Patient Centered Care Model

Patient-centered clinical trials.

We apply Bayesian decision analysis (BDA) to incorporate patient preferences in the regulatory approval process for new therapies. By assigning weights to type I and type II errors based on patient preferences, the significance level (α) and power (1-β) of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) for a new therapy can be optimized to maximize the value to current and future patients and, consequently,...